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Optical instrument design of the high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P)
- Source :
- Madsen, K K, Harrison, F, Broadway, D, Christensen, F E, Descalle, M, Ferreira, D, Grefenstette, B, Gurgew, D, Hornschemeier, A, Miyasaka, H, Okajima, T, Pike, S, Pivovaroff, M, Saha, T, Stern, D, Vogel, J, Windt, D & Zhang, W 2018, Optical instrument design of the high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P) . in J-W A den Herder, S Nikzad & K Nakazawa (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray . vol. 10699, 106996M, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Austin, Texas, United States, 10/06/2018 . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314117
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018.
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Abstract
- The High-Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P) is a probe-class next-generation high-energy X-ray mission concept that will vastly extend the reach of broadband X-ray observations. Studying the 2-200 keV energy range, HEXP has 40 times the sensitivity of any previous mission in the 10-80 keV band, and will be the first focusing instrument in the 80-200 keV band. A successor to the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), a NASA Small Explorer launched in 2012, HEX-P addresses key NASA science objectives, and will serve as an important complement to ESA's L-class Athena mission. HEX-P will utilize multilayer coated X-ray optics, and in this paper we present the details of the optical design, and discuss the multilayer prescriptions necessary for the reflection of hard X-ray photons. We consider multiple module designs with the aim of investigating the tradeoff between high- and low-energy effective area, and review the technology development necessary to reach that goal within the next decade.
- Subjects :
- High energy
Photon
Computer science
business.industry
Optical instrument
Antenna aperture
01 natural sciences
law.invention
010309 optics
Telescope
HEX-P
X-ray
law
Satellite
0103 physical sciences
Broadband
Reflection (physics)
Aerospace engineering
business
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Energy (signal processing)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Madsen, K K, Harrison, F, Broadway, D, Christensen, F E, Descalle, M, Ferreira, D, Grefenstette, B, Gurgew, D, Hornschemeier, A, Miyasaka, H, Okajima, T, Pike, S, Pivovaroff, M, Saha, T, Stern, D, Vogel, J, Windt, D & Zhang, W 2018, Optical instrument design of the high-energy x-ray probe (HEX-P) . in J-W A den Herder, S Nikzad & K Nakazawa (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray . vol. 10699, 106996M, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Austin, Texas, United States, 10/06/2018 . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314117
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7dc6a3c76b8b271aed8d71cb72d7a500